[Solved] Server setup confusion

[muteor]

Hi,

I am trying to configure a server to pass all client traffic through my office ip address, I have been playing around with various settings for a while and need to check if I have totally the wrong idea or not.

So what I have is:

router gateway on: 192.168.1.254
server on (ubuntu): 192.168.1.101

So I started by following the ubuntu manual creating a bridge for the connection I have this working but when I add the push "redirect-gateway" the client cannot connect to anything.

Also, I am a little confused to how the IP's should be setup, my network is on 192.168.1.x, can I use a totally different range for the vpn or do I need to change the routers dhcp to something like 192.168.100.x? So I dont get ip clashes.

Also to bridge do I need two network cards or something?

Will post config files once I know I am going in the right direction......

Thanks for your help.

Mute

[Bebop]

If your lan is on 192.x.x.x you can put your vpn on 10.x.x.x for clarity. There will be a clash if you try to put them on the same subnet.

Bridging is not always necessary though. Neither is 2 network cards.

Post your server / client confs (minus all comments), and someone will help you get it up and running.

[muteor]

I ended up using a straight tunnel instead of the bridge and everything is working now.

Thx for the advice.